Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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Overview: Join us as we discuss a recent meta-analysis examining randomized controlled trials to investigate healthcare costs, quality of care, and patient well-being when delivered by advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs). Explore the evidence behind ANPs’ effectiveness and their potential to enhance patient outcomes while optimizing healthcare resources.
Episode resource links:
Melati Fajarini, Agus Setiawan, Chien-Mei Sung, Ruey Chen, Doresses Liu, Chiu-Kuei Lee, Shu-Fen Niu, Kuei-Ru Chou, Effects of advanced practice nurses on health-care costs, quality of care, and patient well-being: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, International Journal of Nursing Studies, Volume 162, 2025,104953, ISSN 0020-7489, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104953
The miseducation of America’s nurse practitioners, July 24, 2024
Perloff, J., Clarke, S., DesRoches, C. M., O'Reilly-Jacob, M., & Buerhaus, P. (2019). Association of State-Level Restrictions in Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice With the Quality of Primary Care Provided to Medicare Beneficiaries. Medical care research and review : MCRR, 76(5), 597–626. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558717732402
Yang, B. K., Johantgen, M. E., Trinkoff, A. M., Idzik, S. R., Wince, J., & Tomlinson, C. (2021). State Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulations and U.S. Health Care Delivery Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Medical care research and review : MCRR, 78(3), 183–196. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558719901216
Taylor K (2023) Bridging the Gap to Health Care Access: The Role of the Nurse Practitioner. Int Arch Public Health Community Med 7:091. doi.org/10.23937/2643-4512/1710091
Guest: Susan Feeney, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, Jill M. Terrien PhD, ANP-BC
Music Credit: Matthew Bugos
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